Iran commander calls US military in Gulf a target not a threat: Report

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Iran commander calls US military in Gulf a target not a threat: Report
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GENEVA (REUTERS) - A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Sunday (May 12) the US military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now represented a target, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

GENEVA - A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Sunday the US military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now represented a target, the Iranian Students' News Agency reported.

Major General Hossein Salami, appointed head of the Guards last month, told parliament on Sunday the United States had started a psychological war in the region, the parliamentary spokesman said. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet on Sunday that John Bolton had planned the US withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal and a more aggressive approach even before the US national security adviser took up his post.

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